La Belle Epoque – The Vibe

Well hello again!! So, let’s get straight to it…you must all be aware that the 2010 FIFA world cup is currently underway. The fact that every second car I drive past is staggering under the weight of St. George’s flags is a dead giveaway. Ahhh…the St. George’s flag…the emblem which unites the intellectually challenged, testosterone charged football hooligans of this fine nation…fortunately for the rest of the world, the worst of them had to surrender their passports…unfortunately for us they are skulking in our pubs at this very moment!! Yesterday I was watching the favourites, Spain, being embarrassed by football minnows Switzerland, and during one of the duller passages of play heard the two commentators shed light on one of the MOST RIDICULOUS rumours I’ve EVER heard!! (more…)

I’m sorry…I’m so so so SORRY!! Far too long I have been under radio silence!! BUT…I have a good reason…and it helps to explain today’s title!! Just in case you were wondering…I have indeed swapped my heels for a pair of Wellies (haven’t arrived yet), but fear not…because I’ve pre-ordered the Hunter-Jimmy Choo ones…I just can’t let go of my little luxuries…they just add glamour to the mundane!! So why have I jumped ship in the footwear department?? Because I (we) have moved house of course…farewell Central London, and Bonjour the Oxfordshire Countryside!! Yep that’s right, this lifelong city girl has crossed the border into country living…I’ve always said that London is the best place in the world to live….but, now seems the best time to make a little admission…I have ALWAYS fancied a life surrounded by fields!! (more…)

So, here’s the thing…since I started writing this blog, and word has got around about my fabulous new career, friends and loved ones have been treating me as if I am some mystical oracle who holds the answers to all questions about sex! Now, I’m not complaining, and I certainly don’t feel like some clairvoyant fraud but they never treated me like this before. So what has changed? Well to be honest…nothing has changed!

I have always been a very sexual person and I have always loved exploring human sexuality, really it’s fascinating, but to be honest my wisdom is personal, not professional. I have never hidden my sexually outgoing adventures from my friends and we have always spoken of such things very openly. I am certainly not a qualified sexologist, I am just a woman with a (short) lifetime’s experience behind me, albeit a rather erotically indulgent lifetime, and ALL my close friends know this…and they did BEFORE the blog…yet now I am the mythical fount of erotic knowledge…amazing isn’t it?? I don’t really mind though, because in my opinion I do have quite a few of the answers (certainly not all…but who does?) and all girls secretly love being some kind of agony aunt!! (more…)

Before I attempt to shed light on this apparent oxymoron of a question, let me tell you a little something about what exactly my ‘job’ involves.

I am not exactly qualified as anything, that’s right, I am one of the few people of working age who don’t have a degree, NVQ or diploma…my career before this was an endless cycle of woe as I attempted to break into the unstoppable machine that is the marketing trade. By hook or by crook, I was going to get there, it was my dream and there was no way I was going to give up on it! Well…that was until I crossed paths with La Belle Epoque’s ‘top brass’ in one of London’s premier Adult Boutiques. (more…)

Well hello again!! The weather has turned a little bit sour this week, so I am spending an unusual amount of time cooped up indoors with the fire on. Yes, the British climate can be a bit testing at times!! So, yesterday I finally managed to get the upper hand on the world’s most unpronounceable Volcano and return home!!

Well, all the people crammed into my aeroplane were overjoyed at the prospect of returning to home soil, but as the grey skies of Blighty closed in around the plane, I must say my Dunkirk spirit left me. Less than twenty-four hours earlier I had been laying on my back on the flawless white sands of St. Barts and soaking up some glorious rays!! Yes, I was stuck, but I was stuck in one of the world’s most beautiful places and, without wanting to sound ungrateful, I’m not so sure I want to be back under England’s steely sky!! After all, I was on a working holiday for a week, which turned into three weeks and it was an all expenses paid affair because I was meeting some people on the company’s behalf. Yes, most people want to get back to work (though I think they miss their income more than their job), but my work requires a laptop and is constrained only by Internet access (something which St. Barts offers).

Anyway, what I meant to say is that all this extra time indoors means I have more time to offer my pearls of (dubious) wisdom!! This time (as you may have guessed from the title), I am going to be looking at something which we have all come across at some time. How to introduce a sex toy into a relationship.

This is an issue which has been born out of humanity’s predisposition to paranoia!! Nevertheless, this problem seems to bother almost every sex toy lover at some point in their life. Yes, I can understand how it might seem to be a problem but it really shouldn’t be. The way to introduce sex toys into a relationship really depends upon whether you are a girl or boy, so I’ll address the issue for both sexes and then everyone will know the so called “do’s and don’ts”!! (more…)